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Publication type: Journal Article

Sykes R.
Being a modern pharmaceutical company: involves making information available on clinical trial programmes.
BMJ 1998 Oct 31; 317:(7167):1172
http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/317/7167/1172

Abstract:

The role of the pharmaceutical industry in meeting the needs of patients for better medicines while taking account of health care economics and in responding to the information needs of decision makers and prescribers regarding clinical studies of investigational drugs is discussed; the implementation of an Internet site by Glaxo Wellcome that is designed to present the results of clinical studies that are either under way or have been completed is reported. The role that other pharmaceutical companies and medical editors can play to ensure the publication of all clinical studies and diminish publication bias is also briefly discussed.

Keywords:
Clinical Trials Drug Industry* Drug Information Services* Great Britain Organizational Policy

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